Thomas Graf wrote: > * Varun Chandramohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2007-08-21 16:52 > >> I know its a bit confusing but let me explain the reason. In my first >> version patch i used fn_hash_insert() (place where alias is created)as >> place to insert my current time in the age field. >> This will eventually call fib_dump_info() for inserting the age filed >> attribute into the skb. Now in both places i have to call >> do_gettimeofday(). Its obvious that i need it in fn_hash_insert(), its >> also need in fib_dump_info() as it is the same function called for >> retrieving and dumping the age value to the userspace. So as you are >> aware that before we dump it to userspace we need to subtract the value >> with current time i need to call do_gettimeofday() twice. To avoid this >> i did as above. >> > > At least put a comment there, it's far from obvious. > ok, thanks for the suggestion. Ill put a comment on that. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >
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